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Prickly pear fruit (opuntia)
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10-12-2006, 02:33 PM
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barefoot serpent
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The 'leaves' or pads of prickly pear are also edible. The flesh is cut into strips --
nopales
-- and fried ala bell peppers for fajitas.
edit: and they make a
beer
out of them in South Africa (where the plant has become invasive).
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